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Shrek 2

2004 PG 1h 33m Adventure, Animation, Comedy DreamWorks Distribution

What happens after happily ever after?

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$442M
Final
Opening Weekend
$108M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.09x
Opening → Total
Budget
$150M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$929M
$488M international
2004 Rank
#1
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 21-23 1 $108.0M $129.0M 4,163 $26K 1
May 28-30 1 $72.2M -33.2% $236.9M 4,223 $17K 2
Jun 4-6 2 $37.9M -47.4% $314.5M 4,131 $9K 3
Jun 11-13 3 $23.3M -38.5% $353.3M 3,843 $6K 4
Jun 18-20 4 $13.9M -40.2% $378.6M 3,306 $4K 5
Jun 25-27 7 $10.2M -26.7% $396.8M 2,937 $3K 6
Jul 2-4 8 $5.8M -42.9% $408.1M 2,609 $2K 7
Jul 9-11 9 $4.5M -23.8% $418.5M 2,142 $2K 8
Jul 16-18 10 $3.2M -27.4% $425.0M 1,857 $2K 9
Jul 23-25 10 $2.3M -28.3% $429.4M 1,559 $1K 10
Jul 30-Aug 1 15 $1.3M -43.1% $432.5M 1,019 $1K 11
Aug 6-8 18 $894K -32.1% $434.4M 812 $1K 12
Aug 13-15 Athens Olympics 21 $568K -36.5% $435.6M 567 $1K 13
Aug 20-22 Athens Olympics 23 $423K -25.5% $436.5M 435 $971 14
Sep 3-6 22 $855K +102.2% $438.5M 436 $2K 15

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAndrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon
ScreenplayAndrew Adamson, J. David Stem, Joe Stillman, David N. Weiss
StarringMike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Julie Andrews, Antonio Banderas, John Cleese
StudioDreamWorks Distribution